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Readers Lose Whole Afternoons In This Nebraska Used Bookstore Stacked With Over 100,000 Titles
Roughly 115,000 books once filled the main shop of one used bookstore, and some still end up stacked on the floor. That number alone makes me want to clear my whole Saturday. The shelves run floor to ceiling, so ladders come with the territory. The aisles twist like a maze, and the smell of old paper greets you at the door.
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When Change is Embraced: The 2026 Marching Band Recap
The Sound of The Wolfpack Marching Band finishes their season with success. Change is a scary concept for most people. However, when change is thrown at a group of over 100 kids, it’s hard to predict the outcome that will result from it. During the 2025-2026 school year, the...
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Huskers End Fall in Alabama
Jackson Benge closed the fall with a final-round 70 (-2) to lead the Nebraska men's golf team at the Steelwood Collegiate in Loxley, Ala., Sunday. Benge, a junior out of Omaha Westside High School, capped the first half of the season with Nebraska's top finish by tying for 55th at 220 (+4) in an 83-golfer field on the par 72, 7,096-yard layout at the Steelwood Golf Club.
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Lincoln housing project to be featured on architectural television show
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A Lincoln housing project is getting national attention. Shive-Hattery, a full-service architectural and engineering design firm, announced on Monday that the Sonderup Container Housing located near 28th and Vine streets is set to be featured on America by Design, a television series focusing innovative architecture. Shive-Hattery...
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Omaha’s Parks & Boulevard System
While parks were largely ignored in Omaha’s early history, they became a prominent feature of a city eager to counter its gritty industrial image, dominated by the railroad, smelting plants, stockyards and meatpacking plants. After Omaha was founded in 1854, three public squares were set aside for parks, but...
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Glass-Blowers Shape Molten Ornaments In Front Of Shoppers At This Nebraska Studio Before Christmas
Glass hot enough to reach about 2,100 degrees turns into a delicate Christmas ornament while shoppers stand close enough to watch it happen. That alone made me stop scrolling. The furnaces belong to a working glass studio inside a sprawling old building full of artists. Painters, potters, metalworkers, and jewelers share the floors.
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Fall holidays provide opportunities to celebrate
As the temperature decreases and the dates change it gradually becomes more clear that fall has arrived, along with its big holidays, Halloween and Thanksgiving. And as high school students with many academic tasks going on, we get an opportunity to pause, chill out, and enjoy our final years of childhood with a variety of plans.
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The future of bowling leagues in Lincoln
What does the future of Lincoln bowling leagues look like? Traditional leagues are changing, and bowling alleys are finding new ways to keep the younger generations involved. Hear from local alley owners and bowling enthusiasts as they discuss how bowling alleys are adapting to the changing times, and how the sport still continues to bring people together.
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Lincoln North Star unified bowling trio shines in season opener against Lincoln High
The Lincoln North Star unified bowling team opened up the 2026 season with a strong performance, defeating Lincoln High Tuesday, Oct. 27, at Sun Valley Lanes. The Navigators recorded 2,697 pins to the Links' 1,752 total pins. Unified bowling is slightly different from traditional bowling. Instead of one athlete per...
Daily Nebraskan
PRESS PLAY: High-octane ‘Car Bar’ intoxicates the Daily Nebraskan office
In the first installment of the newest season of Press Play, five-member alternative rock post-grunge band Car Bar made a pit stop in the Daily Nebraskan office. Car Bar’s passengers include lead vocalist Alex Karloff, a senior advertising and public relations major, rhythm guitarist Holden Stoner, a junior software engineering major, bassist Grant Kerrigan, a senior computer science major, guitarist William McClain and drummer Conor Maguire.
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Museum of American Speed Invites Families to Build and Race at LEGO Pit Stop
The Museum of American Speed (museumofamericanspeed.org) invites families to its annual LEGO Pit Stop on January 23 and 30 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Participants will build, customize and race LEGO kit cars in a Pinewood Derby-inspired competition. Each registered team will receive a racing kit and extra pieces for...
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Omaha’s Park and Boulevard System: How Horace Cleveland’s Vision Shaped the City
On one of our visits to Hanscom Park, I encountered a historical marker sharing the history and a map of the city’s park and boulevard system. The park even connects to two of these historic boulevards: Hanscom on the south and Turner via Woolworth Avenue on the north. I...